site

[sahyt]

noun

1. the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment.

   the site of our summer cabin.

2. the area or exact plot of ground on which anything is, has been, or is to be located.

   the site of ancient Troy.

   Synonyms: place, location, position

3. Computers.,  website.

verb (used with object)

sited, siting 

1. to place in or provide with a site; locate.

2. to put in position for operation, as artillery.

   to site a cannon.

site

/ saɪt /

noun

1. 1. the piece of land where something was, is, or is intended to be located

      a building site

      archaeological site

   2. ( as modifier )

      site office

2. an internet location where information relating to a specific subject or group of subjects can be accessed

verb

1. (tr) to locate, place, or install (something) in a specific place

Other Word Forms

• intersite adjective
• resite verb (used with object)

Word History and Origins

Origin of site¹

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English, from Middle French, from Latin situs “position, arrangement, site” (presumably originally, “leaving, setting down”), equivalent to si-, variant stem of sinere “to leave, allow to be” + -tus suffix of verbal action

Word History and Origins

Origin of site¹

C14: from Latin situs situation, from sinere to be placed

Example Sentences

Marine Corps ordnance disposal team then determined that the device was safe to transport and moved it off site, where it was deactivated.

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As she left, Mitchell looked to her left and right — at the sea and to the trailhead — and walked back to her house just past an open construction site.

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When the suppression efforts were over, the affidavit said, the fire crews left fire hoses on site, in case they needed to be redeployed.

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International Dark Sky Sanctuary certification saw the island join16 other sites worldwide, each of them recognised as the most remote and dark places on Earth.

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Filters have been applied to restrict certain types of content on sites including Facebook, Instagram and X, the sources at the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology said.

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Related Words

• ground 
• home 
• location 
• scene 
• section 
• spot 
• station